Collar-protector.



F. LUSSY.

COLLAR PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION msn Nov. 22. 191e.

1,258,5 81 Patented Mar. 5, 1918` www UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRITZ LUSSY, 0F SCHROFEN-OBERAACH, SWITZERLAND.

COLLAR-PROTECTOR.

Application filed November 22,V 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRITZ LUssY, architect, a citizen of the Swiss Confederation, residing at Scln'ofen-Oberaach, Switzerland, have invented a new and useful Improved Collar-Protector, of which the following vis a description.

This invention relates to improvements in shirt collar protectors made of washable Inaterial.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap and efficient shirt collar protector which can be readily iXed to the inside of a coat collar to prevent soiling of the .shirt collar.

Another object of the invention is to provide specific means for attaching the protector to a coat collar.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter described in the following specification, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a view of the inside of my improved protector.

Fig. 2 is a view looking from the opposite side of that shown in Fig. l.

Fig, 3 is a plan perspective of the protector bent into form ready to be attached to a coat collar.

Fig. 4 is a View illustrating the application of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View of the improven'ient and a coat collar to which it is applied.

Fig. 6 is a detail section showing one of the protector fastening devices secured to the inside of a coat collar.

F ig. 7 is a detail view of the protector fastening means` My improved collar protector is made of two layers of washable cloth t and sewed together around the edges, as clearly shown in the drawing. The layer of cloth a is designed to lay against the shirt collar, and is smooth, while the layer of cloth b is intended to engage the inside of a coat collar, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

Serial No. 132,822.

it is provided with a series of spaced fastening receiving openings e, while at the ends other openings Z are provided.

Fastening devices 0 are secured to the inside band of the coat collar, the number corresponding to the number of openings e, the fastening devices being somewhat similar to the ordinary safety pins.

In applying the protector, the latter is placed against the inside of the coat collar, the fastening means engaging in the openings e, and are pocketed in the channel formed between the layers o and IVhen the protector is fitted to the coat collar and the fastening devices are properly positioned, an elastic blade s is inserted through one of the openings (Z. This blade is passed through the fastening devices and forms an interlock therewith to hold the protector in operative position.

The elastic blade s serves to properly set the protector on the coat collar, and holds it in proper shape to tit the shirt `collar snugly,

To remove the protector for cleaning or changing same, the coat collar is bent outwardly and the blade s is pulled out of the channel, and another protector can be quickly substituted.

T wo openings l for the blade Is are not absolutely essential, a single opening being sutlicient. i

Vhat I claim is:

A shirt collar protector comprising two layers of fabric, one of which is formed with openings, fastening devices extending through the openings, and a blade extend.- ing between the layers and engaging the fastening devices, the fastening devices adapted to engage the inside of a coat collar to hold the protector in position.

In testimony whereof I athx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRITZ LUSSY.

Vitnesses;

FRAL'K DINNUKE, EMIL MEILE.

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Washington, D. C. 

